According to the data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday, the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 218.80 points against 218.75 points last week. As compared to the corresponding week of last year, the SPI for the combined group in the week under review witnessed decrease of 0.05 percent.

The weekly SPI has been computed with base 2007, 2008=100, covering 17 urban centres and 53 essential items for all income groups. Meanwhile, the SPI for the lowest income group up to Rs8,000 increased by 0.01 percent as it went down from 208.29 points in the previous week to 208.32 points in the week under review.

As compared to the last week, the SPI for the income groups from Rs8001 to 12,000 and Rs12,001 to 18,000 witnessed an increase of 0.03 percent and 0.02 percent while the SPI for the income groups from Rs18001 to Rs35000 and above Rs35000, decreased by 0.21 percent and 0.23 percent.